Ghana¹

1. (adj.) solid, compact, massive; dense, thick; in eka˚ of one solid mass (of sela, rock) Vin.i.185 = Dhp.81 = Thag.643; Mil.386; AN.iii.378, cp. ghanasela-pabbata Dhp-a.i.74-gh. …

…connections: Pv.ii.2#4 (ghāna-chinna, one whose nose is cut off).

• -āyatana the organ of smell DN.iii.243,…

A (dense & dark) cloud, a cloudy mass AN.ii.53; Vin.ii.295 = Mil.273 in list of to things that obscure moon- & sunshine, viz.; abbhaṃ mahikā (mahiyā A) dhūmarajo (megho Miln), Rāhu. This list i …

1. the foetus in the 1^st & 2^nd months after conception the 2^nd of the five prenatal stages of development, viz kalala, abbuda, pesi, ghana, pasākha Mnd.120; Mil.40 V …

adjective (-˚) having the value of, equal to, worth Vin.iv.226; Ja.i.61 (satasahass˚), Ja.i.112; DN-a.i.80 (kahāpaṇ˚); Dhp-a.iii.120 (cuddasakoṭi˚); Mhvs.26, Mhvs.22; Mhvs.34, Mhvs.87
■ f. *-ikā …

Ayo & Aya

neuter iron. The nom. ayo found only in set of 5 metals forming an alloy of gold (jātarūpa), viz ayo, loha (copper), tipu (tin), *sīsa …

Ayo & Aya

neuter iron. The nom. ayo found only in set of 5 metals forming an alloy of gold (jātarūpa), viz ayo, loha (copper), tipu (tin), *sīsa …

1. (lit.) ground, soil, earth Vin.ii.175; Snp.418 (yāna carriage road); Pv.i.10#14≈; Snp-a.353 (heṭṭhā-bhūmiyaṃ under the earth); Dhp-a.i.414 (id., opp. upari-bhūmiyaṃ)
2. place, quarter, district …

1. a drop, usually a drop of water Snp.392, Snp.812 (uda˚); Ja.i.100; Vism.531 (madhu˚) Thag-a.281; Pv-a.98 (udaka˚).
2. a spot (cp. SBE xvii.155) Vism.222 (˚vicitvā gāvī a spotted cow).
3. (as adj. …

…Vin.iii.28; Pv.ii.2#4 (ghāna-sīsa˚); Mil.5. Cp. sañ˚. As first part of cpd. chinna˚ very frequently is to be rendered by “without”,…

adjective noun masculine one. Eka follows the pron. declension i.e. nom. pl. is eke (e.g. Snp.43, Snp.294, Snp.780 etc.)

1. “one” as number, either with or without contrast to two or more; often al …

1. adj. deep, thick, impervious, only in a˚ clear, unobstructed, free from obstacles Vv.18#7 (akanataka +); Mil.160 (gahanaṃ a kataṃ the thicket is cleared).
2. nt. an impenetrable place, a thicket j …

…at Vism.447. Also as gandhā ghānaviññeyya under kāmaguṇā MN.ii.42; DN.iii.234, etc. In series of 10 attributes of physical quality (-rūpa,…

˚Gha

adjective suffix to ghan killing, destroying, see hanati
■ iṇagha at Snp.246 is variant reading SS for iṇaghāta. Cp. paṭi & see also ghana² & ghāta.

class of devas (cloud-gods?) Mil.191.

to ghana¹ in meaning of “cloud” (Sk.)

adjective noun killing, destroying (-˚) see *atta*˚.

fr. Sk. ghana to han, cp. ghānya & hatya

(usually -˚) killing murdering; slaughter, destruction, robbery DN.i.135 (gāma˚, etc. village robbery); setu˚ the pulling down of a bridge (fig.) Vin.i.59, etc. (see setu); pantha h …

adjective able to strike, able to pierce (of a needle), in ghana˚ going through hard material easily Ja.iii.282.

the loins, the buttocks Vin.ii.266; Ja.v.203.

Vedic jaghana, cp. Gr. κοξώνη; see janghā

the leg, usually the lower leg (from knee to ankle) DN.ii.17≈(SN.i.16 = Snp.165 (eṇi˚); Snp.610; Ja.ii.240; Ja.v.42; Ja.vi.34; Thag-a.212). In compounds jangha (except in janghā-vihāra).

• *-[umma …

…of taste. It follows after ghāna (smell) as the 4th sense in the enumⁿ of sense-organs (jivhāya rasaṃ sāyati Nd.ii under rūpa;…

1. mud Ja.i.12, Ja.i.73; Mil.125, Mil.324, Mil.346; Mhbv.150; Pv-a.215 (= kaddama); Dhp-a.iii.61; Dhp-a.iv.25- su˚; “well-muddied” i.e. having soft soil (of a field Mil.255.
2. the residue of s …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

Kilesa & klesa

stain, soil, impurity, fig. affliction; in a moral sense, depravity, lust. Its occurrence in the Piṭakas is rare; in later works, very frequent, where it is approx. tantamount to our t …

jumping, hopping Ja.i.430 (-naṭaka a tumbler, jumper, acrobat, cp. fick, soc gliederung 188, 190, 192); Ja.ii.363, Ja.ii.431. Cp. ullaṅghanā olaṅghanā.

fr. laṅgh

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

…of sound (sadda); 3 ghāna (nose) with the smelling of smells (gandha); 4 jivhā (tongue), with the…

…of sound (sadda); 3 ghāna (nose) with the smelling of smells (gandha); 4 jivhā (tongue), with the…

…Vv.64#28 (= catunnaṃ oghānaṃ saṃsāra-mah’oghassa taritattā o. Vv-a.284); Vv.82#7 ; Mnd.159; Cnd.179.

Vedic ogha and augha; BSk….

watering, flooding (?) MN.i.306 (variant reading ogha).

bending down Vin.iii.121 (= heṭṭhā onamanā).

fr. olaṅgheti

covered terrace before a house Vin.ii.153 (“paghanaṃ nāma yaṃ nikkhamantā ca pavisantā ca pādehi hananti. tassa vihāra-dvāre ubhato kuṭṭaṃ niharitvā katapadesass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ” Bdhgh, quoted *Vin …

Palāsa¹

masculine & neuter

1. the tree Butea frondosa or Judas tree Ja.iii.23 (in Palāsa Jātaka).
2. a leaf; collectively (nt.) foliage, pl. (nt.) leaves SN.ii.178; Ja.i.120 (nt.); Ja.iii …

adjective noun masculine

Cases:
■ gen. dat. pañcannaṃ,
■ instr. abl pañcahi,
■ loc. pañcasu;
■ often used in compositional form pañca˚ (cp. Ved. pañcāra with 5 spokes RV i.164¹³; G …

adjective belonging to a cover or lining, having or forming a cover or lining, as adj. said of sandals (eka˚ with single lining) Ja.ii.277 (variant reading for ekatalika); Ja.iii.80, Ja.iii.81 (id.) …

Pesi (pesī)

feminine

1. a lump, usually a mass of flesh Ja.iii.223 = Dhp-a.iv.67 (pesi = maṃsapesi C.). Thus maṃsapesi, muscle Vin.ii.25 ≈ (maṃsapes ûpamā kāmā); Vin.iii.105; …

Pesi (pesī)

feminine

1. a lump, usually a mass of flesh Ja.iii.223 = Dhp-a.iv.67 (pesi = maṃsapesi C.). Thus maṃsapesi, muscle Vin.ii.25 ≈ (maṃsapes ûpamā kāmā); Vin.iii.105; …

…cakkhu-samphasso, sota˚, ghāna˚, kāya˚ mano˚ DN.iii.243.

• -sampanna endowed with (lovely touch, soft, beautiful to…

Potthaka¹

1. a book Ja.i.2 (aya˚ ledger); Ja.iii.235, Ja.iii.292; Ja.iv.299, Ja.iv.487; Vv-a.117.
2. anything made or modelled in clay (or wood etc.), in rūpa˚ a modelled figure Ja.vi.34 …

Puppha¹

neuter a flower Vin.ii.123; SN.i.204 = Ja.iii.308; Snp.2, Snp.5; Dhp.47 sq.; Dhp.377; Vism.430; Snp-a.78 (paduma˚); Vv-a.73; Pv-a.127; Sdhp.550- pupphāni (pl.) Vb-a.255 (of …

…(the others: sota → sadda, ghāna → gandha jivhā → rasa, kāya → phoṭṭhabba, mano → dhamma), cp. cakkhu-viññeyyā rūpā…

…DN.ii.62; MN.i.85; Ja.i.502; kāya-s. the touch of the skin DN.ii.75; cakkhu-, sota-, ghāna-, jivhā-, kāya-and mano-s. DN.ii.58,…

Satti¹

feminine ability, power Dhtp.508 Usually in phrase yathā satti as much as one can do according to one’s ability Cp.i.10#6; Dhp-a.i.399; or yathā sattiṃ DN.i.102, or *y. sattiyā …

evening; only in compounds -ātapa evening sun Vv-a.4, Vv-a.12; -ghana evening cloud Thag-a.146 (Tha-ap.44); Dāvs v.60.

cp. Sk. sandhyā

mucus of the nose, snot DN.ii.293; MN.i.187; Snp.196–Snp.198 = Ja.i.148 (all MSS. of both books-n-instead of-ṇ-); Mil.154, Mil.382; Pv.ii.2#3 Vism.264 & Vism.362 (in detail); Dhp-a.i.50; Vb-a.68 …

adjective noun perforated, full of holes, hollow Ja.i.146; Snp.199; Ja.i.172, Ja.i.442; DN-a.i.261; Mil.112; Vism.194 = Dhs-a.199; Kp-a.172; asusira Dhp-a.ii.148 (Bdhgh for eka-ghaṇa). (nt.) a …

sometimes tūriya (e.g. Vv.5#4) musical instruments in general, usually referred to as comprising 5 kinds of special instruments (pañcangika t. e.g. Vv.5#4; Vv.39#1 ; Vv-a.181, Vv-a.183, Vv-a.210, V …

jumping up, lifting up, raising Vin.iii.121; Ja.iv.5 (˚samattha?).

abstr. fr. ud + laṅgh

1. a cloud, dark cloud, thundercloud SN.i.212 Thig.55; AN.ii.102; AN.v.22; Thag.760; Pp.42, Pp.43; Vv.68#1 Ja.iii.245; Ja.iii.270 (ghana˚); Vism.285 (˚paṭala); Mil.274; Dhs-a.317; Vv-a.12 (= abbhā). …

is a word peculiar to the Jātaka. At one passage it is explained by the Commentary as “vedi” (i.e. rail, cornice), where it is applied to the slender waist of a woman (cp. vilāka & vilaggita;): Ja …

at DN.i.6 (in the lists of forbidden crafts) refers to some magic art. The proper meaning of the word was already unknown when Bdhgh at DN-a.i.84 explained it as “ghana-tāḷaṃ” (cymbal beating) with …

adjective

1. clinging, sticking [cp. līyati 1] Vin.i.209 (olīna˚ sticking all over).
2. matured (“digested”? cp. vilaya) Ja.iv.72 (nava˚gosappi freshly matured ghee); Mil.301 (phalāni ripefruit).
3. …

…ear, 3. ghāna nose, 4. jivhā tongue, 5. kāya body, 6….